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Rheumatology 2005 44(Supplement 4):iv33-iv35; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei059
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Looking back: developments in our understanding of the occurrence, aetiology and prognosis of osteoporosis over the last 50 years

T. W. O'Neill

arc Epidemiology Unit, Stopford Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.

Correspondence to: terence.o'neill{at}manchester.ac.uk

This paper summarizes the contribution of the Arthritis Research Campaign Epidemiology Unit, in particular in its role as coordinator of the European Vertebral Osteoporosis Study, to our current understanding of osteoporosis. One in three postmenopausal women has osteoporosis in the UK. The cost to the NHS is around £1.7 billion per year. With the ageing population this is destined to rise.


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